When the architect who built Camdenton High School football’s state-wide profile looks back on how it all came to be, coach Bob Shore cannot help but beam. After all, Shore is quick to say that he didn’t go it alone, that it has been a community effort. Just look at the stadium. Yes, the stadium… Read more »
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St. Louis Football Cardinals
When the National Football League’s Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960, they shared the same name and the same stadium (Sportsman’s Park) with the well-established baseball Cardinals. The football squad was soon simply called “The Big Red”. The team was competitive for much of the 1960’s with such stars as Jim Hart, Larry Wilson,… Read more »
Robert Carlson
Robert Carlson was born in Fairfield, Iowa. After graduating from Fairfield High School in 1942, he attended Parsons College, also in Fairfield. Later he attended Kansas City Central Radio and TV School before joining the staff of KIRX Radio in 1949. It was there that he became known as the “Voice of the Bulldogs” for… Read more »
“Buss” Carr
E.E. “Bus” Carr, a lifetime resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was one of the early members of the Letter Club, an announcer for radio station KWOC who was inducted into the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Carr was a World War II veteran, attaining the rank of… Read more »
Carlos Carson
You can watch all the old highlight reels you want, ooh and awe over the athleticism that made him a blur in cleats – those were a beat writer’s words – and wonder. Yet to understand the greatness of Carlos Carson, a Kansas City Chiefs receiver of the 1980s, just listen to those who knew… Read more »
2008 & 2009 State Champions – Cassville High School Football
In southwest Missouri, in Barry County community called Cassville, the locals will be talking about the 2008 and 2009 local football teams for years. To hear them tell the story, it’s worth the drive. Out of Joplin, head east on I-44 and then drop south on Highway 37 at the Sarcoxie exit. Out of Springfield,… Read more »
Joe Castiglione
Thumb through the 1997 Mizzou football media guide and there, on Page 187, you’ll run across a black-and-white photo of then-athletic director Joe Castiglione. It’s vintage Castiglione. He’s walking through a renovation project of Memorial Stadium – which was actually one project idea of many that ultimately came to fruition. “We have a vision of… Read more »
Shane Cavanah
Since being named as Head Coach at Knox County in 1965, and inheriting a team with only 23 players, Shane Cavanah has compiled a career coaching record of 255-119-3 and was the Head Coach of the first ever Class One State Champions while at Princeton in 1968. Cavanah also coached two State Runner-ups in 1975… Read more »
Dr. Jerald “Thumper” Chaffin
He still remembers when it all began, particularly – get this – the date. That would be September 21, 1963, when the University of Missouri football team played host to the Northwestern Wildcats at Faurot Field, with Northwestern coached by future Notre Dame icon Ara Parseghian. Dr. Jerald “Thumper” Chaffin was a freshman and in… Read more »
Jim Chappell
Jim Chappell, a native of Keokuk, Iowa, graduated from Drury University. Chappell has been regarded as one of the top sports personalities in the Kansas City area with his Chappell’s Restaurant and Sports Museum. Originally opening in North Kansas City in 1986, the restaurant has become a destination for athletes and sports fans alike while… Read more »
Deron Cherry
Deron Cherry is regarded as one of the finest free safeties to ever play the game of football. A standout for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1980’s, he recorded 50 career interceptions and holds a share of the National Football League’s record for interceptions in a game with four. He participated in the Pro… Read more »
1969 Kansas City Chiefs
The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were a veteran outfit that played together for quite while. Three years earlier, the same group lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I. But it all came together in 1969. The Chiefs were stacked with future Pro Football Hall of Fame players Len Dawson, Bobby Bell, Buck… Read more »
Chillicothe High School Football Program
Just off a northern stretch of Highway 65 in Missouri, past the store fronts lining the main drag, you’ll find one of the state’s tradition-rich football programs. Over at the stadium, see the large C sitting on the hill? It overlooks what’s now an impressive turf field of a multi-million dollar facility. And, just beyond… Read more »
Ted Chittwood
Ted Chittwood grew up in the Kansas City metro area and attended Missouri Valley College. He graduated in 1947 after an outstanding collegiate multi-sport career in football, basketball and track. He moved to Raytown and became a coach and teacher for Raytown High School, where he remained for 34 years, retiring in 1981. During his… Read more »
Paul Christman
The legendary “Pitchin Paul” Christman came to the University of Missouri from Maplewood, Missouri, and lettered in football from 1938 to 1940, and in baseball in 1938, 1939, and 1941. He was a three-time all-Big Six Conference quarterback, and twice won all-America honors. Christman finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1939, and fifth… Read more »
Mike Claiborne
He climbed the ladder the right way, with his college years spent broadcasting football and basketball games on the school’s WRFN station and working for the student paper before, at the onset of his professional career, writing for a hometown newspaper. Then came a subtle but notable break for Mike Claiborne. In the early 1980s,… Read more »